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(No Model.)

0. W. ELLIOTT.

FOLDING PAPER BOX.

N0. 350,72'7. Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

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CHARLES V. ELLIOTT, OF MONOTON, NEV BRUNSXVICK, CANADA.

FOLDING PAPER BOX.

BPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,727, dated Qotober 12, 1886,

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. ELLIOTT, of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, have in vented a new and useful Folding Box, of which the following is a. specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a blank from which my box is made. Fig. 2 is an edge view of a folded strip to form a band for my box. Fig. 3 is a. plan of my box with its cover off and an eggholder inside of it. Fig. 4 is a modification.

My invention consists in a folding box provided with a band to keep parts of the box in proper relation to each other when the box is made ready for use.

In Fig. 1 I have shown a blank of strawboard or the like material from which the box A and also the cover are made. In this blank the part a, which forms the bottom of the box, has the usual flaps, a a a a*, adapted to form the sides of the box A, as shown in Fig. 3. The blank is also in the case shown provided with a flap, a (havinglip a",) which forms the cover of the box A.

The ends of the strip B (shown in Fig. 2) are secured to the side a, as in Fig. 3, and when flaps a, a'-, a and a" are set up band B is passed around them, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modification of the blank from which box A is formed, the difference being that the flap a in the modification is provided with end fiaps, a to which the ends of band B are attached.

Boxes thus made can be folded compactly and easily made ready for use. They are especially desirable as egg-carriers when provided with the well-known folding egg-holder D. (Shown in Fig. 3.)

\Vhat I claim is- The folding box A, in combination with band B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

J. E. llIAYNADIER, EDWARD S. BEACH. 

